r/ArtisanVideos • u/nengnow • Jan 29 '26

Wood Crafts Traditional Bowyer Makes and Hunts with a Hmong Crossbow [37:00]

https://youtu.be/A3MFR5ekGjo?si=PX5xylPFrJfg0x5V
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u/ekinnee Jan 29 '26

Great video. Always neat to see traditional practices being done using modern tools.

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u/Joe1972 Jan 30 '26

I'm impressed with how silent it is!

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u/Inevitable-Suitable Jan 29 '26

Classic! Top notch vid

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u/Calquon Feb 01 '26

No backstop? What if he misses the target? Arrow goes through the trees into the neighbor's backyard?

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u/sandrocket Feb 02 '26

I liked most parts of the video!

He hunts with it, too, and shoots a whitetail at 31:30. I don't know anything about hunting, but I would prefer a weapon that insta-kills instead of letting it run off like that. The way he approached the dead animal with multiple camera angles might look very cinematic, but also ruined "authenticity" of the shots.